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What naice things do you make sure are visible to visitors

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Wiggles84 · 06/10/2016 02:51

Most of the time I have detol hand soap in my bathrooms but if I know someone is visiting my home I get out the posh L'Occitane matching soap and moisturiser stuff I recieved for Christmas a few years back. Surely people notice it's always the same amount of fullness each time they visit? Plus who has enough time to moisturise their hands every time they wash them with a toddler in the house. Jesus if Im more than 15 seconds having a wee he'll be banging the door down wanting to come in or he will have jammed quavers in the xbox. There's no time for the luxury of hand moistorusing. Plus it's a bugger keeping a grip on his squirmy hands St the best of times let alone adding lubrication into the mix.

When my guests leave, back it goes under the sink so as not to waste it.

I also like the fruit bowl to be bursting with beautiful fruit. We always have bananas and satsumas but for some reason a pineapple just makes my mundane life feel that little bit more exotic. "Ooh look at wiggles84 she must peel her pineapple fresh each morning for her delightful childs breakfast". No a quick bit of toast and a banana and we're off to start our days. No one's got time for that surely?

None of us even like pineapple Shock

I know, I know I shouldn't care what people think but what little things do you project to the world so as to not to appear the frazzled dog tired slutten you are?

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JustCallMeDory · 07/10/2016 13:19

It's when I read threads like this I know I've found my people Grin

Now every time I pimp my fruit bowl (which I always sometimes do for visitors) I'll be calling it my stunt fruit bowl (with or without pineapple).

Like pp I'm secretly convinced it was my stunt Diptyque candles and Jo Malone perfumes left oh so causally out that sold our last house

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merrymouse · 07/10/2016 13:00

I can see the staff in Waitrose now...."what's with the run on method and tea towels? Everyone knows the liquids no good but these strange women keep coming in and chuckling at the checkout"

Next week:

"But they don't seem to have come back..."

Myredrose · 07/10/2016 12:49

FB always brings out the biatches

GinAndOnIt · 07/10/2016 12:39

We are 'tragic' apparently!

OrianaBanana · 07/10/2016 12:32

I had to bake a fruit cake after I read that TheColonel

Gowgirl · 07/10/2016 12:14

stuntpinappleyou made the facebook feed!

TheColonelAdoresPuffins · 07/10/2016 12:11

AbyssinianBanana
Which is the candle that makes guests think you're baking a cake?

DonnaHaywood · 07/10/2016 11:54

LOVE this thread! Nommed for Classics.

GinAndOnIt · 07/10/2016 11:34

Ooooo look!

What naice things do you make sure are visible to visitors
PurpleDaisies · 07/10/2016 10:01

I unthinkingly added stunt pineapple to the shopping list and had a text from dh asking what on earth it was!

Natsku · 07/10/2016 09:59

A stunt pineapple wouldn't last a day in my house, OH loves making juice out of them.

Just remembered a case of my OH trying to make things look more high brow than they usually are - I was getting filmed at home (for a documentary) and OH wanted me to leave a history book on the coffee table, one that neither of us actually reads. I said no though in case I was asked about and would be forced to admit its just for show! I did make sure the lounge was clean and free of toys though, and put clean hand towels in the loo, don't know why as they weren't going to film the loo.

Gowgirl · 07/10/2016 09:19

I can see the staff in Waitrose now...."what's with the run on method and tea towels? Everyone knows the liquids no good but these strange women keep coming in and chuckling at the checkout"

Disclaimer, I'm headed to wilko this afternoon for more set dressings....

TheColonelAdoresPuffins · 07/10/2016 09:07

Love

TheColonelAdoresPuffins · 07/10/2016 09:06

I live that the sponge in the washing up tableau is a "lovely plump, clean" sponge.
Once when we had people coming for a bbq i was arranging the logs in the fireplace and dh said "They're supposed to look rustic, not perfect!" Hmmph.

GinAndOnIt · 07/10/2016 09:05

Hairspray yes! I do! A towel is completely pointless in our kitchen but I still have one on the oven. I do occasionally use it to drape over hot food if the cat is about though.

TinyPawz · 07/10/2016 09:04

Put a bra on. It comes off as soon as I come through the door. I hate the blasted thing

HairsprayBabe · 07/10/2016 09:02

Does anyone else have "naice" tea towels, just for hanging over the oven bar? Never for drying up, wiping hands or taking hot things out of the oven with, I just realised I did last night when I got in and forgot to photo my cook book stand

Meripenopause1 · 07/10/2016 08:54

Pissing self at 'washing up tableau'. Having visions of an oil-painting version.

DonkeyHotay · 07/10/2016 08:41

I love the word tchotchkes (a small object that is decorative rather than strictly functional; a trinket).
Good to know that pineapple tchotchkes are really a thing. I buy melon and pineapple most weeks and have a sliced arrangement in the fridge for us to eat. I feel like a rock star. Star

Gin I love your style, Muji is where I got my clear lidded box for guest toiletries from.

Red want want want. I wish I could make biscuits.

GinAndOnIt · 07/10/2016 06:53

Donkey The other bottle is just soap! I've ordered this bottle to replace it though Grin

Need I most definitely am barking Wink and yes to cottage, DP is a farmer so comes with the territory!

This has been a great thread, OP. It really had me chuckling to myself yesterday. This kind of thing is the reason I love MN - you can an insight into people's funny habits that you would never normally chat about in RL!

WoweeZowee · 06/10/2016 23:41

Have just found myself searching for fancy washing up liquids when I stumbled across this article... 😂

m.bristolpost.co.uk/bristol-schoolboy-forced-harvey-nichols-bottle-shelves/story-11276987-detail/story.html

The mum's quote is brilliant, "That bottle cost £6, and I only got it to put on show. You can get two bottles of Fairy Liquid in Morrisons for £1, and there are no grammatical errors or spelling mistakes on those bottles. Why does it need to have instructions anyway? It's not rocket science."

Bloodybridget · 06/10/2016 23:32

If it was a very special (infrequent) guest, I might not only put clean towels in the loos, but make sure they weren't the bleach-stained ones!

StuntPineapple · 06/10/2016 23:02

Wow to those biccies.

Almost forgot, I'm so ordering the housekeepers box

Myredrose · 06/10/2016 23:01

I know, it's a game changer isn't it? Don't be palming guests off with your 2 for 1 hobnobs going forward.